Heat warnings issued across England as temperatures to soar above 30c

Health bosses are warning people in England to take care in hot weather over the coming days.

Parts of England have been issued yellow health warnings for hot weather including the North West, East and West Midlands, and East of England.

It comes as the UK is set for a short period of “strong summer sunshine” this weekend with temperatures expected to reach into the high twenties – but forecasters warned “thundery” showers may also be on the way.

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High pressure winds drawing in warm air from Europe will cause temperatures to climb on Sunday and Monday before returning to average levels on Tuesday, the Met Office said.

Hot weather warnings have been issued in the East and West Midlands, East of England, South East and West, North West and London. The alert will last from 9am on Sunday (August 11) until 9am on Wednesday (August 14), and mean that hot weather 'may have minor impacts on the health and social care sector'.

Temperatures in Greater Manchester are expected to reach 26C on Sunday and 29C on Monday.

Met Office forecaster Dan Stroud said: “Much of the country is going to have a bright day. There’ll be a few isolated showers across the extreme north and west of Scotland, but some decent amounts of strong summer sunshine for many of us.”

Showers are predicted across Northern Ireland and northern England overnight on Sunday and are expected to turn “thundery” in the early hours of Monday.

The Met Office advised people to “keep an eye on” the thunderstorms which could see “torrential showers” in parts of northern England.

Yet across England